Q3A -> RTCW -> ET (in code base order) I never got complains about Q3A being slower on Linux than on Windows. Actually it seems it's a bit faster, probably related to the OS itself.
There are a few areas in the Linux code that are using a C implementation instead of optimized asm. But that was never a noticeable performance hit, and gcc produces good quality code otherwise.
I'm just a bit sad that you claim being on the id-beta list. Maybe instead of just being there you should have also *posted* there? In any case if you really are on the list, I should be ashamed of myself for letting you in there in the first place..
We made some effort to get GtkRadiant ported to OSX using Gtk+/XDarwin. It has not been released yet, because hardware GL acceleration with Gtk+/XDarwin/GLX is still causing trouble.
The introduction of a native Gtk+ port is probably going to make us reconsider some options.
If you are interested, please see http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/mailman/listin fo/gt krad-macos
Way to go to the subversion guys faster, better overall design, extendable, seamless integration with apache.. still gotta give it a few months to get finalized, but it's looking really good.
CVS may be the best open source version control tool right now, it still suffers from a lot of shortcomings.
Generally speaking, stuff like commit emails need the addition of specific wrappers (see http://cvsreport.sourceforge.net for instance), and CVS doesn't scale well to big projects.. doesn't handle big binary files in a satisfactory way
It's quite usable.. but I'm really waiting for subversion to get mature and usable for production..
I've had a computer power supply fail on me a few years ago. The thing started to smoke and burn, and would probably have burnt the flat if I wasn't there to stop it at the time.
I've been extremely careful since then when leaving computers unattended. Specialy when it comes to do-it-yourself boxes with cheap power supply.
The critical point here is the internet gateway / file server at my house. Always a bit worried to leave it unattended for several days. After all.. nothing happened in 249 days uptime.. why would it happen now..
In any case, I just make sure I open the box and clean it regularly, and it's stored far enough (hopefully) of any other inflamable pieces.
No seriously, the win32 and Linux versions are in sync. There's none more up to date than the other.
The Linux version doesn't evolve the same way than the win32 one, which may explain the patches differences. Activision has a QA team focusing on the win32 version, and I rely on a cool crew of Linux gamers and server admins to do QA on the Linux version. We also pay extra attention to the server administration aspects when working on the Linux releases.
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We are hosting a tracker for bittorrent @ Id for a bit:
3 2. x86.run.torrent
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/et-linux-test-2.
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/et-linux-test-2.32. x86.run.torrent
I've setup a bittorrent tracker. It's very experimental so don't complain if it goes down.
Troll! Enough said..
Well, a few points still:
Q3A -> RTCW -> ET (in code base order)
I never got complains about Q3A being slower on Linux than on Windows. Actually it seems it's a bit faster, probably related to the OS itself.
There are a few areas in the Linux code that are using a C implementation instead of optimized asm. But that was never a noticeable performance hit, and gcc produces good quality code otherwise.
I'm just a bit sad that you claim being on the id-beta list. Maybe instead of just being there you should have also *posted* there? In any case if you really are on the list, I should be ashamed of myself for letting you in there in the first place..
We made some effort to get GtkRadiant ported to OSX using Gtk+/XDarwin. It has not been released yet, because hardware GL acceleration with Gtk+/XDarwin/GLX is still causing trouble.
n fo/gt krad-macos
The introduction of a native Gtk+ port is probably going to make us reconsider some options.
If you are interested, please see
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/mailman/listi
Yay for SVN. Great project, great developers, and already a worthy replacement for old CVS.
indeed, I don't see any true security and features difference between running cvs through ssh or accessing svn repository through ssl.
cons and scons are awesome tools. incredibly powerful and effortless compared to gnu make.
now that I have switched a number of my projects to cons/scons and used the tools for a few months, I don't see myself writing a makefile ever again
In the long run, you will just get your svn client or server from a rpm or a deb or whatever.
The bootstrap tarball has very good documentation. A bunch of stuff to download and install, but no major difficulty really.
Stuff like Kontrol gSource .. gManager .. hugh, that sounds like a big lack of creativity.
At least 'subversion' plays with the word 'version' and turns it into something cool.
why can't you use straight :ext: and ssh method instead of that scvs thing
Way to go to the subversion guys .. still gotta give it a few months to get finalized, but it's looking really good.
faster, better overall design, extendable, seamless integration with apache
CVS may be the best open source version control tool right now, it still suffers from a lot of shortcomings.
.. doesn't handle big binary files in a satisfactory way
.. but I'm really waiting for subversion to get mature and usable for production..
Generally speaking, stuff like commit emails need the addition of specific wrappers (see http://cvsreport.sourceforge.net for instance), and CVS doesn't scale well to big projects
It's quite usable
I've had a computer power supply fail on me a few years ago. The thing started to smoke and burn, and would probably have burnt the flat if I wasn't there to stop it at the time.
.. nothing happened in 249 days uptime .. why would it happen now ..
I've been extremely careful since then when leaving computers unattended. Specialy when it comes to do-it-yourself boxes with cheap power supply.
The critical point here is the internet gateway / file server at my house. Always a bit worried to leave it unattended for several days. After all
In any case, I just make sure I open the box and clean it regularly, and it's stored far enough (hopefully) of any other inflamable pieces.
I rock!
No seriously, the win32 and Linux versions are in sync. There's none more up to date than the other.
The Linux version doesn't evolve the same way than the win32 one, which may explain the patches differences. Activision has a QA team focusing on the win32 version, and I rely on a cool crew of Linux gamers and server admins to do QA on the Linux version. We also pay extra attention to the server administration aspects when working on the Linux releases.
I will probably re-package this in a Linux friendly formats with the Linux build system I use. That is, when I get the time.